χαίρετε, Λυγκῆος γενεὴ τηλεκλειτοῖο:
νῦν δὴ Ζεὺς κράτος ὔμμι διδοῖ μακάρεσσιν ἀνάσσων
Κύκνον τ᾽ ἐξεναρεῖν καὶ ἀπὸ κλυτὰ τεύχεα δῦσαι.
ἄλλο δὲ τοί τι ἔπος ἐρέω, μέγα φέρτατε λαῶν:
εὖτ᾽ ἂν δὴ Κύκνον γλυκερῆς αἰῶνος ἀμέρσῃς,
τὸν μὲν ἔπειτ᾽ αὐτοῦ λιπέειν καὶ τεύχεα τοῖο,
αὐτὸς δὲ βροτολοιγὸν Ἄρην ἐπιόντα δοκεύσας,
ἔνθα κε γυμνωθέντα σάκευς ὕπο δαιδαλέοιο
ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδῃς, ἔνθ᾽ οὐτάμεν ὀξέι χαλκῷ:
ἂψ δ᾽ ἀναχάσσασθαι: ἐπεὶ οὔ νύ τοι αἴσιμόν ἐστιν
οὔθ᾽ ἵππους ἑλέειν οὔτε κλυτὰ τεύχεα τοῖο.
327-337 Athene supports Heracles:
Then the goddess grey-eyed Athene came near them and spoke winged words, encouraging them: ‘Hail, offspring of far-famed Lynceus! Even now Zeus who reigns over the blessed gods gives you power to slay Cycnus and to strip off his splendid armour. Yet I will tell you something besides, mightiest of the people. When you have robbed Cycnus of sweet life, then leave him there and his armour also, and you yourself watch man-slaying Ares narrowly as he attacks, and wherever you shall see him uncovered below his cunningly-wrought shield, there wound him with your sharp spear. Then draw back; for it is not ordained that you should take his horses or his splendid armour.’
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Introduction
